ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,023, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Djit Medtech Inc. (Baltimore).

"Joint implants with interface surfaces having registration features" was invented by Fraser M. Smith (Baltimore), Marcia Andrews Hart (Baltimore), Ryan David Katz (Baltimore) and Allan C. Doyle (Baltimore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A joint implant can include a proximal joint implant element having a proximal curved interface surface with a plurality of proximal registration features. A distal joint implant element can be rotatably coupled to the proximal joint implant element, and can have a distal curved interface with a plurality of distal registration f...